As for the Millens, and the Deckers, and the McQuades--pah! Bill had a wonderful memory; he never forgot those who laughed at him and those who nodded kindly.

He was shiftless and lazy, but he had a code of honor.

Bill could have blackmailed many a careless man of prominence, had he been so minded.

But a man who had once dined a governor of the state could do no wrong.

His main fault was that he had neglected to wean his former greatness; he still nursed it.